On September 18, Lumentum fell 3.02% in regular trading, trading at approximately $891.28 per share, with turnover of $34.61 billion. The pullback comes one session after the stock surged 9.6% to lead the S&P 500 index on the day the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points to a target range of 3.75%–4.00%, its first hike in over three years.
The prior session's rally was characterized by Freedom Capital Markets' Head of Technical Research Paul Meeks as a rebound following market fears over a slowdown in AI model development. However, the delayed suppressive effect of higher rates on high-valuation growth stocks appears to be materializing. Notably, peers in the Communication Equipment sector are trading higher — Nokia up 4.59%, Cisco up 2.33%, Ciena up 1.92%, Arista Networks up 1.27%, and Applied Optoelectronics up 1.17% — indicating Lumentum's weakness is stock-specific rather than sector-wide, consistent with profit-taking after the outsized prior-session gain.
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